Alyth market cross | |
Other Name: | Alyth mercat cross |
Coordinates: | 56.6253°N -3.2319°W |
Location: | The Cross, Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland |
Alyth market cross is a mercat cross located in Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Now Category B listed, it dates to 1670. It has a rectangular shaft three feet and three inches tall (shortened from the original eight inches and standing on a five-inch-tall pedestal). It has an octagonal head, which is inscribed with "E 1A" and a lion rampant. It was erected by James Ogilvy, 2nd Earl of Airlie. It is the initials of Ogilvy's wife that adorn the head of the cross.[1]
Now back near its original location, in an elevated position in a retaining wall, it was moved to Alyth's Albert Street.